Wringer



S. E. SCHROEDER Apr WRINGER Original Filed Nov. 8. 1924 Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

@JNITED STATES SIMON E. SGHBOEDER, OF'NE WTON, IOWA.

WBINGER.

Application filed November 28, 1924, Serial 110. 752,008. Renewed September 26, 1922.

My invention relates to wringers.

The invention relates to a power driven wringer and has special reference to general combinations effective to produce simplicity and cheapncss of construction.

The invention includes details with respec to a wringer frame wherein the ordinary top rail is wholly omitted.

The invention also includes relative ar- 9 rangement of parts to facilitate the disposi- I tion of a resilient member positionedbelow the normal wringer rolls that are adapted to be supported within a wringer frame.

The invention also includes a quick release mechanism.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a wringer including the special features of my invention.

Fig. 2, is a side elevatiog partly in section showing detailed arrangement of parts 'of thewringer.

' Fig.3, is a right hand side end view of the wringer. 1

Fig. 4, is a vertical cross sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

- Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view on the line 5-5'of Figure 2; and

Fig. 6, is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section showing a modified form of a wringer embodiment. Referring to the drawings is a base framing part and 11-12 are end framing "members fixed to the frame member 10'.

Framing members 10, 11 and 12 are preferstantial rectangular form shown in the drawings, the bottom portion of framing member 10 being-preferably left open, and the vertical framin members 11 and 12- being 0 ened at their inwardly facing portions an 7 a so being opened at their top ends. 13 is a wringer rollcarrying a wringer shaft as 14, the ends thereof being supported by boxing blocks 15-16 supported on framing member 10, and its [extreme outer end extending through opening 17 in framingmember 12 and being fashioned for a con ling connection with a power source. Bloc s 15-'-16' are vertically. slotted as at 16 to permit lifting 0 the wringer rolls with the platemembers and more particularly the portions 29-36 thereon entirely free from the frame when the lug and roller members are disengaged.

, 18 is a'wringer roll'having an axial sh 5 member 19, its ends respectively being journaled in boxing members 20-21, said boxably fashioned of sheet metal into the sub-- ing members being attached respectivel to plate members 2223, said plate mem ers having asliding support withimthe clearance way in vertical framing members 11-12 respectively.

Plate members 2223 are normally free 'to be moved with respect to the wringer frame. However, I have provided special means-for interlocking of said members with respect to said frame including crank members 2 425, fixed to rockable shaft member 26, said crank members each being provided with roller member as 27r-28 adapted, in practice to be caused to engage similar lug members 29.30 on the lower-ends respectively of plate members 2223. The relative arrangement of said lugs and roller members respectively on the plates and the crank members, are suchthat when said rollers and lugs are in engagement, the wringer ro1ls l3 18 will be held in close workmg relation. I

I have provided means'to effect interlocking between. the plate members 2223 and the crank members, 24-25 including the rockable shaft 26, said shaft 26 being normally supported on transversely arranged strap members 31--32, but capable of movement in guideways 33-34 respectivelyin the 'end walls of vertical raming members 1112-, also locking means including a striker arm member 35 secured to one end of rocker shaft 26 by means of a pin as 36.

I have provided means for resiliently tensioning roller member 18 which includes a spring bar 37 ,-its outer ends adapted to be supported upon members 38-39 attached to shaft 26, and adapted to be tensioned with respect to framing member 10 and rockable shaft member 26'by means of a set screw Inasmuch as itis required that roller shaft member 14 shallproject through the end framing member 12 and ends, through 'the plate member 23, I have provided slot way 41 in said platemember to accommodate movement of the latter under the variable spacing action between roller members 13-18 in the wringing operation.

In order to properly protect the clothing passing between the. wringer rolls I have provided guard 'plates 4243 which are adapted to be fixed to the end framing members by means of bolts as at 4445- -46 and .47, said guard plate being vertically channeledas at 48/49 to facilitate entry of'the wringer shafts therethrough and to ermit vertical movement of the upper 0 said shafts. a

I have also provided adjustable drain part members as 50-'51 pivotally supported in connection with bolt members 44-45-46 and 47.

A proper relationing of the parts to afford a proper workable wringer would include the positioning of the parts as shown in Fig. 2,

wherein the wringer release has been properly ositioned with the trunnions of the lower r01 er' resting in the segmental openings of the upper ends in block members--16 and the trumlions of .roll 18 being disposed in the bearings in block members 20-21 and striker arm 'being disposed in a vertical position whereby interlocking is eifectedbecapability of tween roller members 27-28 on crank members 24-25, and lug members 29--30 on.

plate members '22-23, thereby effecting a tensioned relation between said wringer rolls under the influence of bar spring 37.

As clothing is passedbetween the rollers, the upper wringer roll 18 will be caused to .be variably. spaced from the permanentlyv sary to apply force to striker arm 35, to i move it a sufficient distance to cause the int'erlocking members on the plates and crank arm members to be disengaged, thereby, leaving plate members 22-23 free to be moved vertically and in complete release from the tensioned block members 29-30.

Aside from the fact of. the ready capability of placement and removal of the wrmger rolls from the frame and their interlock, my invention presents the maximum of simplicity of construction in the omission of many parts that are found in marketed commercial wringers and particularly the wringer frame structure is rendered simple in the en't're omission of what is mainly known as t etop rail. To remove'the rolls from the frame the shaft 26 is rocked to disengage the-rollers 27 and 28 from the lugs 29 and 30. This releases the connector members 22 and 23 so that they can be moved vertically. ,Due to the slot 41 in the connector member 23 the rolls may be moved vertically .a suflicient distance so that by tilting the rolls the end-of the shaft 14 opposite the squared end may be cleared of the top of the frame memberll. Then by a sllght side movement of the roll 13 with respect to the frame that end of the roll op posite the squared portion o'fthe shaft 14- may from the frame. After the rebe cleared laterally of the frameto per- 'mit the roll to be moved axially, withdrawing the same nee-7,406

moval of the lower roll the top rolland connectors 22 and 23 may be lifted vertically from the frame. 3

In Fig. 6 I have presented a modified form of my invention but will not refer to its parts in detail as'it is apparent that in all res ects except as to the tensioning means or the wringer rolls, the construction isthe same as that disclosed in the other figures of the drawings. In the modified form I dispense with the bar spring, and instead of supporting the trunnion blocks for the lower wringer roll upon the framing member 10, I have provided coil springs as 60 (one for each trunnion block) and interosed said spring between said. trunnion blocksand suitable block members on the rockable shaft. The structure does not change the functioning and operating law of the wringer but simply provides a'difierent resilient active force.

' What I'claim isE 1. In a wringer," in combination, a frame, a wringer roll and a spring member su ported in the frame, bar members slldab y and removably supported in the frame, a second wringer roll, a connection between the second wringer roll and the bar members and means for releasably locking the bar members to the spring member for ap-' plying pressure to the wringer rolls.

and the spring to effect pressure between therolls.

3. In a'wringer, in combination, a frame 1 comprising a base member and channelled side members, the side members being open at the top" of the channel ways, a wringer roll supported in the frame, resilient means supported in the frame, bar members-movably mounted in the channels of the side members, a second wringer roll connected to said bar members and" means movabl mounted on the frame forengagement wit the bar members to lineally move the same and to apply-the-tension of the sp'rin there- I to to effect pressure between the re] s.

4. In a wringer, in combination, a frame provided with vertical guideways therein open at theirtdp, a roller supportedin the frame, a bar sprmg supporte in the frame positioned below the roller, vertical bar members movably positioned in the guide- ,way having cam members attheir lower end,

a second wringer roll connected to portions, the bar members and a rockablemember supported in the frame provided with rock--v with the cams ing members for engagement i on the bar members to place the latter under.

the tension of the resilient member.

5.'In a' wringer, in combination, a frame including a base member and vertically disposed side members having channelled ways therein, a wringer roll supported in the frame, a resilient member supported in the frame, bar members slidably and removably supported in the channel ways, a second wringer roll connected to the bar members, a rectilincallymovable rockable member supported in the frame and means on the bar members and on the rockable member moved into locking-enga ement by the rocking of said rockable mem er.

6. In a wringer, in combination, a frame, a wringer roll supported in said frame, a spring member mounted in the frame below said wringer roll, a second' wringer roll above the first named wringer roll, bar members slidably supported in the frame and connected to 'the'second named wringer roll and means for'connecting the bar mem-- pressure wringer roll and a quick acting means for instantly connecting and disconnectmg the spring and connectors.

- 8. A wringer comprising a frame, a

wringer roll journaled therein, a sprin on the frame, a pressure wringer roll sli ably -mounted in the frame, slidably mounted connectors for coupling the spring and the pressure wringer roll, and quick acting.

means for connecting said connectors with the spring.

9. In a wringer, in combination, a frame, a' wringer roll in said frame, a sprin bar supported in the frame below the wringer roll, bar members supported in the frame and provided with cam locking members at their lower ends, a second wringer roll con-- nected with the bar members and means for efi'ectingconnection between the bar mem-' bers and the spring comprising a movable and rockable shaftin engagement'with the s ring, rocker arms on said shaft each provlded with a locking member engageable with the cam members on the bar members and a striking arm attached to the rock sha'ft.

10. In a wringer, in combination, a frame, a wringer roll therein, a spring sup rted therein, a rocker member on who the spring bar bears and movably supported in.

the frame,- bar members movably carried in the frame, a roll connected with the bar members, means connectedwith the bar members and means on therocker member rocked into interlocking engagement. with the means on the bar-member by the rocking action of the rocking member.

In testimon whereof I afiix my si nature. IMON E. SCHROE ER. 

